Hearts have racked up the most cards so far this season but were they the dirtiest team last year?

Hearts' Abiola Dauda (second from left) is shown a red card by referee Greg Aitken in May 2016

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HOT on the heels of Jamie Walker 'dive-gate', Hearts have also hit the headlines after picking up an astonishing 16 yellow cards in just six days.

They may have only taken one point from their opening two games but the Jambos top the table - by some distance - when it comes to ill-discipline.

But taking the whole of last season into account, are Hearts always this dirty? Or have they just been taking the frustrations of their Euro exit and slow start to the league campaign out on their opposition?

By allocating two points for a red card and one point for a yellow, Record Sport Online becomes the whistle-blower on Scotland's top-flight as we present the alternative 'bad boys' Scottish Premiership league table.

1st - Hamilton - 105 points (95 yellows, 5 reds)

2nd - Hearts - 92 points (74 yellows, 9 reds)

3rd - Kilmarnock - 87 points (79 yellows, 4 reds)

4th - Partick Thistle - 85 points (75 yellows, 5 reds)

5th - Inverness - 81 points (73 yellows, 4 reds)

=6th - Motherwell - 72 points (64 yellows, 4 reds)

=6th - St Johnstone - 72 points (66 yellows, 3 reds)

8th - Dundee - 68 points (64 yellows, 2 reds)

9th - Ross County - 65 points (61 yellows, 2 reds)

10th - Celtic - 61 points (55 yellows, 3 reds)

11th - Aberdeen - 52 points (46 yellows, 3 reds)

12th - Rangers - 43 points (39 yellows, 2 reds)

Martin Canning's side were the league's roughest last year (Image: Paul Devlin/SNS Group)

Therefore the stats show that although are Hearts are right up there challenging for the title, Martin Canning's Hamilton Accies' fell foul of the law more than any other side last season.

Third in the card table already this season with six bookings in two games, do they need to clean up their act?